04-08-2011, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by cossie1600
i hope i dont sound like an a$$hole for saying this, but i have more to be concerned about than a 10 dollar increase in my food bill per week. house prices doubled since the 90s, oil going up 400% in 15 years, electric bill, heating bill, insurance,taxes, fees, tolls, basically everything but my paycheck. on the other hand, the price of goods and technology have fallen. i remember paying 20 a month for a pager in the mid to late 90s, netcom used to cost me money. regardless,people who arent rich or dirt poor will get forked no matter what. its just a matter of how much lube they give you.
i dont know or claim to know about everything in the economy, but i at least have some common sense and can tell some difference between whats real and whats not.
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You acknowledge that you do not know or claim to know everything about the economy. If you lack the expertise, you are merely speculating. Speculating is different than being able to tell the difference between what is real and what isn't.
You simply believe you are right but cannot support the claim. Your attempt to back your position with facts actually supported the opposite opinion. Okay, I acknowledge that when I buy a new laptop (every 3 years) it is less expensive than in the 90s, but that is more than offset by the increase in my monthly smartphone and broadband plans from their 90s equivalents.
It is okay to disagree with the opinions of others. However, if you do so in a condescending, insulting way, you need to be able to demonstrate that you are right. Simply having an opinion does not make you right, and it doesn't make your opponent an idiot who lacks common sense and doesn't know **** from shinola.
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